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Catherine of Aragon: Henry's Spanish Queen by Giles Tremlett
$24.99 AUD
Category: European
A glorious account of the life of the Spanish infanta who became Queen of England and changed the course of Tudor history. The image of Catherine of Aragon has always suffered in comparison to the vivacious eroticism of Anne Boleyn. But when Henry VIII married Catherine, she was an auburn-haired beauty ...Show more
Catherine of Aragon: Henry's Spanish Queen by Giles Tremlett
$45.00 AUD
Category: General
The image of Catherine of Aragon has always suffered in comparison to the vivacious eroticism of Anne Boleyn. But when Henry VIII married Catherine, she was an auburn-haired beauty in her 20s with a passion she had inherited from her parents, Isabella and Ferdinand, the joint-rulers of Spain who had dri ...Show more
Espana: A Brief History of Spain by Giles Tremlett
$50.00 AUD
Category: European
Bestselling author Giles Tremlett traverses the rich and varied history of Spain, from prehistoric times to today, in a brief, accessible primer for visitors, curious readers and hispanophiles. Spain's position on Europe's south-western corner has exposed it to cultural, political and actual winds blowi ...Show more
Espana: a Brief History of Spain by Giles Tremlett
$23.00 AUD
Category: European
Bestselling author Giles Tremlett traverses the rich and varied history of Spain, from prehistoric times to today, in a brief, accessible primer for visitors, curious readers and hispanophiles. 'Tremlett is a fascinating socio-cultural guide, as happy to discuss Spain's World Cup win as its Moorish rul ...Show more
Ghosts of Spain - Travels Through a Country's Hidden Past by Giles Tremlett
$24.99 AUD
Category: Travel Writing
The Spanish are reputed to be amongst Europe's most voluble people. So why have they kept silent about the terrors of the Spanish Civil War and the rule of dictator General#65533;simo Francisco Franco? The appearance - sixty years after that war ended - of mass graves containing victims of General Franc ...Show more
Isabella of Castile by Giles Tremlett
$20.00 AUD
Category: European
A major biography of the queen who transformed Spain into a principal global power, and sponsored the voyage that would open the New World.In 1474, when Castile was the largest, strongest, and most populous kingdom in Hispania (present day Spain and Portugal), a twenty-three-year-old woman named Isabell ...Show more
Isabella of Castile: Europe's First Great Queen by Giles Tremlett
$55.00 AUD
Category: Historical
In 1474, a twenty-three year old woman ascended the throne of Castile, the largest and strongest kingdom in Spain. Ahead of her lay the considerable challenge not only of being a young, female ruler in an overwhelmingly male-dominated world, but also of reforming a major European kingdom that was riddle ...Show more
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